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J. R. GRAVES.

HEATING STOVE.

No. 250,067. Patented N0v.29,1881.

Inventor Witnesses.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JUST IN R. GRAVES, OF SIOUX FALLS, DAKOTA TERRITORY.

H EATING-STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 250,067, dated November 29, 1881,

Application filed May 2, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JUs'rIN R. GRAVES, of Sioux Falls, in the county of Minnehaha and Territory of Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Goal-Burning Heating-Stoves and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forminga part hereof, and in which- Figure 1 represents a longitudinal central section of a self'feeding coal-burning heatingstove with my improvements attached. Fig. 2 represents a detached view of the sprinkler 9, shown in side elevation; and Fig. 3 represents a plan view of the same. Fig. 4 represents a side elevation of a modification of the sprinkler g in the form of a flat disk.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts.

' Myinventiou consists in an apparatus adapted to sprinkle, and thereby keep cool, the unignited portiousof coal in either the magazine of a self-feeding stove, or in the fire-pot of a heatingstove, constructed substantially as hereinafter described.

In the drawings, A represents the shell of the upper part of a heating-stove, provided with a magazine, B, which is covered with a lid, 6, in the usual manner.

To the lid 2', and so as to form a part thereof, is attached an urn, D, the stem of which is tubular and provided with a cock, f, and in the under part oftlie foot of the urn is placed, and fastened thereto in any well-known man- (No model.)

nor, a sprinkler, g, which may be made either conical, as shown in Fig. 2, with its apex truncated, or flat, as shown in Fig. 4, and provided in each case with a series of small holes, h. In use the urn D is filled with water, and the cockf is turned so as to allow the requisite amount of water to flow through the tube eand fall upon the truncated apex of the sprinkler g, which causes it to scatter and fall over and run down the sides of the cone and fall through the holes it upon the top of the coal 0 in the magazine, which, when properly regulated, will tend to keep it cool and moist without dampening the fire, and thereby prevent the roasting out and escape of gases contained in the unignited coal until it reaches the firepot, where it becomes ignited and gives outits useful effects, and such treatment of the coal also tends to prevent, in a measure, the quantity of soot and thick smoke incident to the use of soft coal.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination witha coal-burning stove, a water reservoir or urn provided with a sprinkfled 2. In combination with a coal-burning stove, a water urn or reservoir, D, provided with a tube, 0, cockf, and sprinkler g, substantially as shown and described.

JUSTIN R. GRAVES. Witnesses;

WM. ZIMMERMAN, N. OowLEs.

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